Teaching STEM in the Preschool Classroom

Journal Article | September 2019

Animatronic Lions, and Tigers, and Bears Oh! My!

Journal Article | March 2019

This column describes creating a classroom culture for engineering. This issue shares information about computational thinking and 3D printing.

iNaturalist: Citizen Science for the Digital Age

Journal Article | May 2020

Fact-Checking in an Era of Fake News

Journal Article | May 2021

NGSS Science and Language Shifts in a Diverse Fourth-Grade Classroom

Journal Article | June 2021

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) offer rich opportunities for both science and language learning. This article presents science and language instructional shifts, grounded in the NGSS and contemporary…

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, January 10, 2022

Reports Article | January 2023

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, May 9, 2023

Reports Article | May 2023

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, January 16, 2024

Reports Article | January 2024

Freebies for Science Teachers, February 2, 2021

Reports Article | January 2021

Mass, Volume, and Density

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about density. The probe is designed to find out whether students have commonly held ideas about mass, volume, shape, and other properties that interfere…

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, August 10, 2021

Reports Article | August 2021

National Science Teaching Association Celebrates Its 2025 Teacher Awards Honorees

Press Release | March 2025

Quality Science Education and 21st-Century Skills

Position Statement | June 2020

Learning Science in Informal Environments

Position Statement | June 2020

Making Critical Thinking Visible for Student Analysis and Reflection

Journal Article | March 2019

Practice critical-thinking skills with this phenomena-centered dinosaur bone activity.